Last night Adobe celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a BIG party for the employees! Wow! What a night. Not too many high tech companies can come close to the success of Adobe and we at Adobe have a lot to be thankful for. We’ve had good times and we’ve had bad times. Last night we reflected on the company’s 25 year history.

partying with a couple thousand of my closest friends

Everyone in the room was upbeat and having a good time. The mood and the party got even better when Adobe’s founders John Warnock and Chuck Geschke took the stage!

John and Chuck reflected upon the early days and how they never imagined (back then) that Adobe would be what it is today. It was truly an honor to be in the company of these two Silicon Valley pioneers/inventors.

Adobe’s new CEO Shantanu Narayen took the stage and offered a toast to all of us and to our continued success!

There was also a surprise guest…

Smash Mouth rocked the house for the rest of the night!

I got a chance to spend a little time with some of the great people that I admire:

Adobe co-founder John Warnock (a true visionary – the inventor of PostScript) and Terry White

Adobe co-founder Chuck Geschke and Terry White

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Terry White and Adobe’s former CEO Bruce Chizen

Photoshop product manager John Nack & Terry White

Marianne & Adobe’s Sr. Creative Director, Russell Brown

Mo & John Warnock

Addy, Fred, Julieanne Kost, & Chuck Geschke

of course no Adobe event would be possible without a little Acrobat….

Like I said, it was a great night! I’m looking forward to the next 25 years and the innovations yet to come from this fantastic company and the people that work here! Thank you to all the customers who buy Adobe products (and keep me employed )